Fall registration is Thursday April 23rd for existing families, and May 1st for new families.

This fall we will be working on our Art Badge.

For those who have not already earned their watercolor badge. They will be earning that as well.

We will also be doing some sort of Bible Memory Badge. I am still working on

that. And will decide over the summer. These are possibilities:

Fruits of the Spirit, The Lord's Prayer, The 23rd Psalm.

We are taking off this semester to work on projects at home.

We hope to resume Pebbles activities next Fall.

We do not currently have a leader for Young Contenders.

Our older Stepping Stones and Contenders are still meeting.

We decided to bump up the Baking unit and end with the Needlepoint unit.

Last  week we talked about measuring. How to measure flour-you scoop and scrape.

Measuring sugar you gently shake off the excess to get an even amount.

We talked about tools for cooking. Measuring cups 1/2 cup, 1/4 cup etc.

We talked about teaspoons and tablespoons etc.

We practiced measuring different items.

This week we actually made cookies in class. Each girl was assigned part of the recipe.

Here are some pictures.

Measuring and adding flour.

                               Measuring sugar

Breaking the eggs.

Scooping the cookie dough onto the baking sheet.

Mrs. April baked them while the girls finished their morning classes.

Each girl got a baggie of cookies at lunch time-that they could take home and enjoy.

We have been studying Fire Safety over the last few weeks.

Here are some pictures of our visit from the FIre Dept.

We presented them with a gift bag of breakfast foods.

Each girl brought something to contribute. Oatmeal, breakfast bars, etc.

Inspecting the Fire Engine

Some of the girls brought in their bird crafts.

They were adorable.

Giving her bird report, and she made a beautiful book of bird drawings.


The girls played a game about birds.

Here are some pictures of the girls giving their bird reports.

This week we had each girl build bird feeders.

They are easy to assemble, just needing glue and a little patience.

We got them from the Keepers Of the Faith SIte.

We sent them home so they could be painted and hung up.

We also talked about our state bird (Mockingbird) and listened to it's song.

Each girl was given a packet to take home. This packet should be returned each week. In the packet there is a picture of a bird, a report page and a scavenger hunt of things to learn while we study this unit. 

This week we discussed different things about birds. Here is a picture of the girls acting like cranes. We learned that cranes do this to keep warm.

We ended our year with a Mother Daughter Tea. We recognized the girls with sashes and the pins they had earned during the year. (Grandmothers, Aunts and sisters were also invited to attend.)

This was our final week of clubs meeting for this semester.

We recognized each boy for their achievements this semester.

We had 5 boys that received this award for outstanding achievement.

We then concluded with a class party, popcorn drinks and a movie.

Last week we went over the books of the Bible again

and then watched Land of the Lost in class.

We thought it would be a fun break.

Last week we observed our life cycle of the butterfly.

They were in the Pupa stage.

We also learned taht the pupa is called a Chrysalis.

Cocoons are made by moths not butterflies.

Last week we assembled Dinosaur bones. We had 2 teams. Each worked on putting one dinosaur together. Then we painted the bones. I am hoping to post pictures soon.

This week we talked about Herbivores, Omnivores and Carnivores. We talked about many different kinds of dinosaurs. Why discussed reasons for their extinction. Then the boys each drew a dinosaur of their choice.

After Spring Break we began our Butterfly unit.

The first week we talked about The parts of a butterfly. The head, thorax and abdomen.

We learned that they are insects and have 6 legs.

We learned the 4 stages in the life cycle. Egg-Larva-Pupa-Adult.

 This week we learned that butterflies have scales on their wings and if you pick them up by their wings you can damage them. We also learned that they have 4 wings. The 2 on each side move together.

We learned about 2 different types of butterflies.The Blue Swallowtail and the Painted Lady.

These larva here will become Painted Lady butterflies.

 From our observation this week we learned that the 5 larva are:

Shedding their exoskeletens, growing and they have webs.

This week we began a new unit on Dinosaurs.

We talked about them being created on Day 6 of Creation Week.

When God said he created the beasts of the field.

We discussed fossils, what palentologists do.

So for an Ice Breaker I gave the boys 2 puzzles mixed together.

They had to all (12) work together to put them together.

I explained that this is similar to what Palentologists have to do. In fact when they first discovered Dinosaur bones, they had never seen them before and did not know how they should fit together.

In the same way these boys had never seen these puzzles before, they had to figure out which piece went to which puzzle. They were able to work together well and within 20 minutes had them complete.